Freeport CF awards grants

The Freeport Community Foundation Board of Directors awarded 10 grants totaling $31,478.54 to area non-profit organizations that provide a variety of programs and services benefiting Northwestern Illinois. These grants were presented at a Grant and Donor Reception on October 22, 2015 at the Eagles Club. Fall 2015 grants were awarded from the Freeport Community Needs Fund and the Matthew A. Marvin Fund.

Seven grantees were awarded a total of $25,258.54 from the Matthew A. Marvin Fund. The amounts and the projects these grants will fund are:

Amity Society of Freeport Kindergarten Readiness $ 892.95

FHN Family Counseling Center Parent Enrichment Program $3,541.00

Freeport Art Museum Arts Magnetism $3,820.00

Little Cubs Field Left Field Bleachers $5,000.00

Parkview Home Senior Citizen Technology $1,262.59

Senior Resource Center Website Development $5,140.00

United Way of NW IL Imagination Library $5,602.00

From the Community Needs Fund, the Foundation’s unrestricted fund, the Board of Directors awarded three grants totaling $6,220.00. The grants were awarded to:

The Freeport Community Foundation has a 40-year history as a community-based charitable organization guided by community leaders that are dedicated to providing financial solutions for current and future community needs.